n. timbre (a) a large waterfall (b) a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things (c) the act of coming (or going) out; emergence (d) tone of voice; quality of sound
v. gall (a) be pregnant with; carry; expect (b) attribute or credit to; assign; attribute (c) clean up; cleanse (d) irritate or vex
v. console (a) give moral or emotional strength to; solace (b) provide analytical notes (c) advance evidence for; cite (d) get or gather together; accumulate; pile up; compile; hoard
v. quash (a) make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil (b) declare invalid; void; avoid; nullify (c) make turbid by stirring up the sediments of (d) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; adulterate; stretch
n. reprise (a) a distinguished female operatic singer (b) laziness; slow-moving tree-dwelling mammal (c) repetition of a musical theme (d) broadside |
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n. detraction (a) acid or granitic glass formed by the rapid cooling of lava without crystallization (b) discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander) (c) an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition (d) a crime less serious than a felony; infraction; violation; infringement
v. shinny (a) wish ill or allow unwillingly (b) go stealthily or furtively; creep (c) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling; skin; struggle; sputter (d) enumerate
n. nape (a) agreement on a secret plot (b) a smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure (c) a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed (d) the back side of the neck; nucha
v. fellate (a) take the place of work of someone on strike; rat (b) declare void (c) pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain; swoon; pass out (d) provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation; blow; go down on
adj. acuate (a) being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods; inspired (b) ending in a sharp point; sharp; needlelike (c) lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness (d) deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; perverted; reprobate |